Ícolo e Bengo
city and municipality of Angola
Ícolo e Bengo (English: Icolo and Bengo)
was a former municipality in the province of Luanda in Angola. It had a population of 81,144 in 2014. It was disestablished when the province of Icolo e Bengo was created in 2024.
History
As per decree 29/11, of 1 September 2011, which moved this municipality, along with the municipality of Quiçama from Bengo Province to Luanda Province. The others being Luanda, Belas, Cazenga, Cacuaco, Viana and Quiçama. The transfer documents were signed on 2 April 2012 in Catete by the governors of Luanda Province, Bento Bento, and João Miranda, of Bengo Province, in the presence of the minister for territorial administration, Bornito de Sousa.
The municipality was disestablished when the new province of Icolo e Bengo was created on 5 September 2024.
Geography
Overview
It covered an area of 3,059 square kilometres (1,181 sq mi) and its estimated population as of 2019 was 131,268.
Icolo e Bengo was bordered to the north and south respectively by the municipalities of Dande and Quiçama (in Bengo and Luanda provinces respectively), to the east by the municipality of Cambambe (Cuanza Norte province), and to the west by the municipalities of Viana and Cacuaco (both in Luanda province).
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q291729. VIAF identifies the subject as 299741991. The Library of Congress control number is no2013040560. Authority coordinates are -9.113, 13.690. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014, 2024, 2011 and 2012.
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